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CJOC: VOL. 9 NO. 2, DECEMBER 2022

Radio’s Contributions to Knowledge of Gender Equality Among Women in Rural Badagry, Nigeria

Submitted
January 29, 2023
Published
2023-01-29

Abstract

The study set out to analyze the contributions of radio to the knowledge of gender equality among women in Badagry, Lagos State, Nigeria. It adopted the focus group discussion method to gather data from 40 women aged 20 years and above, and purposely selected, from four groups in four rural communities in the Badagry local government area. The discussion transcripts were thematically analyzed. Findings show that radio stations, especially the public ones did promote gender equality issues through talk shows, discussion, news, and drama. The programming enabled discussants to know more about gender issues, including skill acquisition, girl-child education, domestic violence, reproductive health, and women's political participation. However, it is unimpressive that these respondents perceived these programs as not comprehensive enough for an in-depth understanding of gender issues. They regarded the content as mere informatory. It will take specialized radio broadcasting to make the knowledge of gender equality issues more impressive.